Ryanair orders 25 737 MAX 8s

Boeing and Ryanair have finalised an order for 25 additional 737 MAX 8 airplanes. The $3 billion order, at current list prices, was previously listed as unidentified on Boeing's Orders & Deliveries website.

Ryanair launched the 737 MAX 8 in late 2014 with an order for 100 airplanes, followed by an additional order for 10 airplanes at the 2017 Paris Air Show. The airplane will provide Ryanair with 197 seats.

The Dublin-based carrier is the largest 737-800 customer in the world and the largest Boeing operator in Europe. Last month, Ryanair took delivery of its 500th 737-800 and has now ordered more than 650 Boeing airplanes.

Ihssane Mounir, senior vice president of Commercial Sales & Marketing for The Boeing Company, added: "Ryanair's follow-on order shows once again that the high capacity 737 MAX 8 is the perfect airplane for low cost carriers. The airplane gives our airline customers more seats to serve their core markets, maximising revenue potential at the best cost per seat in the industry."